Sports fans to get first glimpse of new Riverbank Arena on Stratford’s Olympic Park

April 04, 2012, 11:20 am -- /EPR NETWORK/ -- Some of the world’s best hockey teams will play in the Visa International Invitational Hockey Tournament, which will take place at the Riverbank Arena from 2nd to 6th May 2012 in the Olympic Park, a test event for London 2012 and part of the London Prepares series.

Men’s teams include Germany, gold medal winners in Beijing four years ago, Australia who are ranked number two behind Germany, Great Britain and India while the women’s competition is between current world champions Argentina, China, Korea and Great Britain who beat the Dutch team, winners of the gold medal in 2008, at the recent Champions Trophy in Argentina and for sports fans and participants travelling to London for the event, LondonTown.com offers a convenient way to book one of the many London hotels listed on the website.

The four day tournament will offer visitors to London the chance to be the first to see world-class hockey at the newly built Riverbank Arena with its blue and pink pitches which make it one of the most striking venues within the Olympic Park. The temporary venue which seats 16,000 will host up to 60,000 spectators over the eight sessions of the tournament.

The Visa International Invitational Hockey Tournament will take place in the Olympic Park at the same time as six other Olympic test events and will form part of the London 2012 Organising Committee’s (LOCOG) testing of spectator flows in the park.

Tickets for the men’s and women’s bronze medal matches on Sunday 6th May, priced at £5-£15, are still available however all other sessions are sold out. Details of all the test events and further information on the London 2012 Olympics are given on LondonTown.com where those visiting London can find a whole range of useful information for planning their trip.

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